Search Results - "Learning Disabilities Focus"

Analysis of Spelling Errors by Learning Disabled and Normal College Students by Leuenberger, Jan, Morris, Mary

“…Application of a quantitative and qualitative error classification system to the spelling errors of 21 learning-disabled (LD) and 21 non-learning-disabled…”
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Use of the Woodcock-Johnson Pscho-Educational Battery with Learning Disabled Adults by Cuenin, Lynn H

“…The Woodcock Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery (Revised) is reviewed in regard to its application with learning-disabled (LD) adults. Strengths of the revised…”
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Postsecondary Education for Students with Learning Disabilities: Forecasting Challenges for the Future by McGuire, Joan M

“…This article identifies issues for students with learning disabilities at the secondary level (e.g., underpreparedness, definition, and overidentification) and…”
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The Eligibility Process: Identifying Students with Learning Disabilities in California's Community Colleges by Mellard, Daryl F

“…The article describes the eligibility model developed by the community college system of California for students with learning disabilities. Major activities…”
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An Overview of the Special Topical Issue on Adults with Learning Disabilities by Vogel, Susan A

“…The overview to the special issue on adults with learning disabilities introduces the five articles and notes the trend during the 1980s of increasing…”
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Adult Outcome of Learning Disabled Students Ten Years after Initial Follow-Up by Rogan, Laura L, Hartman, Lenore D

“…Followup of 68 learning-disabled students is reported including information on educational and technical-vocational experiences, employment and marital status,…”
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Word Processing for Learning Disabled Students by Messerer, Jeffrey, Lerner, Janet W

“…Instructional strategies for teaching learning-disabled students to use word processing for writing are considered. The features of three word processing…”
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Gifted Learning Disabilities: Is It Such a Bright Idea? by Vaughn, Sharon

“…Literature related to the definition, identification, characteristics, and intervention for gifted learning-disabled students is reviewed. Under-researched…”
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Comparison of the New and Existing Woodcock-Johnson Writing Tests to Other Writing Measures by Mather, Nancy

“…Relationships among the two new and the existing writing tests in the Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery (WJ) and other commonly-used writing tests…”
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Foreign Language Policies and Procedures for Students with Specific Learning Disabilities by Ganschow, Leonore

“…A survey of 166 4-year colleges and universities examined pre-college and within-college foreign language requirements, foreign language petitioning processes,…”
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Is New Necessarily Better? A Review of the TOWL-2 by Graham, Steve

“…The review of the Test of Written Language-2 (TOWL-2) raises concerns about alternate forms reliability, subtest reliability, content validity, and omissions…”
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Computer-Assisted Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities: Considerations for Practitioners by Majsterek, David J, Wilson, Rich

“…Following a description of findings from published research on computer assisted instruction with learning-disabled students, sources of software reviews and…”
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Computer-Delivered Feedback in Group-Based Instruction: Effects for Learning Disabled Students in Mathematics by Robinson, Steven L

“…Evaluation of the group-based technology system of providing immediate, item-by-item feedback on mathematics problems with 15 learning disabled elementary…”
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Reconstructive Elaborations: Strategies that Facilitate Content Learning by Mastropieri, Margo A, Scruggs, Thomas E

“…The use of reconstructive elaborations for teaching content to secondary students with learning disabilities is described. The technique provides a framework…”
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Relating Text-Processing Research to Reading and Writing Instruction for Learning Disabled Students by Seidenberg, Pearl L

“…Research on text processing is reviewed including the role of text structure and summarization ability. Implications for the instruction of learning-disabled…”
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A Metacognitive Intervention for Increasing Class Participation by Ellis, Edwin S

“…The article presents a metacognitive intervention for teaching mainstreamed learning-disabled students four learning strategies for thinking before, during,…”
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A Survey of Ten Years of Academic Intervention Research with Learning Disabled Students: Implications for Research and Practice by Lessen, Elliott

“…A systematic search of academic intervention research with students with learning disabilities published from 1978 through 1987 in eight major special…”
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LD Students and Word Processors: Questions and Answers by Keefe, Charlotte Hendrick, Candler, Ann C

“…Advantages and disadvantages of word processing as a tool for teaching written self-expression to students with learning disabilities are discussed, research…”
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Through My Kaleidoscope--1989: Elements from the Past with Promise for the Future by McCarthy, Jeanne McRae

“…Aspects of the current state of education for learning disabilities (LD) discussed include the theoretical and philosophical orientation, definitions of…”
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The Use of a Discrepancy Formula with LD Students by Dangel, Harry L, Ensminger, E. Eugene

“…Evaluation of school records of 379 students, ages 6-12 years, referred for possible learning disability (LD) placement found that more than 80 percent of the…”
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